AFGHANISTAN

One of the key players in U.S.-led "Soviet-Afghan war" was Osama bin Laden, a Saudi-born millionaire from a wealthy, powerful family with ties to the Saudi royal family. Before becoming America’s “boogeyman”, Osama was put in charge of fundraising for the Mujahideen.
Despite president Trump’s announced US troop withdrawal, the Afghan opium trade continues to flourish. It is protected by US-NATO occupation forces on behalf of a nexus of powerful financial and criminal interests.
Trump calls for escalation of the war in Afghanistan. Why? Is he going after the bad guys, or is it something else? Afghanistan has significant oil, natural gas and strategic raw material resources, not to mention opium, a multibillion dollar industry which feeds America's illegal heroin market.
The insurgents have captured more than half of country; conclaves under peace talks are vaguely underway to negotiate the future fate of Afghanistan; the presidential election is scheduled for April 2019, all of which sets the stage for the US to implement the new giant plans.
US Army Charges Bowe Bergdahl with Desertion By David Brown, December 15, 2015
The Bombing of the MSF Hospital in Kunduz: The Man on the Operating Table By Andrew Quilty, December 04, 2015
Post War “Reconstruction”: Pentagon Wasted Millions of Dollars on Luxury Afghan Villas By Sputnik, December 04, 2015
Doctors Without Borders Releases Horrific Details Of Kunduz Hospital Bombing By U.S. Forces By Kevin Gosztola, November 08, 2015
The Blood on Obama’s Hands: Kunduz Hospital Attack Designed “to Kill and Destroy” By Bill Van Auken, November 06, 2015
Flashback to 2001: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to British Prime Minister Tony Blair: ‘Stop Bombing Afghan Civilians’ By Cem Ertur, November 01, 2015
‘I Would Have Refused Such An Order’: Former RAF Pilot Gives His View Of US Bombing Of MSF Hospital In Kunduz By Media Lens, October 28, 2015
New Evidence That US Army Deliberately Targeted Hospital in Kunduz By Joseph Kishore, October 27, 2015
The New York Times Justifies US Afghan Hospital Bombing By Stephen Lendman, October 21, 2015
Quagmires and Permanent Occupations: Obama’s Afghan Reversal By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 19, 2015
“Humanitarian Lies”: Evidence Proves US Afghan Hospital Attack Was Deliberate By Stephen Lendman, October 17, 2015
US Rejects Afghan Hospital Bombing Investigation, Instead Smashes into Hospital Destroying Evidence By Robert Barsocchini, October 17, 2015
Obama Extends Unending US War in Afghanistan By Bill Van Auken, October 16, 2015
Putin is Defeating More than ISIS in Syria. “The Hypocritical Obama Administration Mask has been Blown Off” By F. William Engdahl, October 16, 2015
The Kunduz Hospital Bombing. The US has Committed War Crimes. “Prosecutions of the U.S. Chain of Command should Ensue” By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, October 14, 2015
Why the U.S. Owns the Rise of Islamic State and the Syria Disaster By Gareth Porter, October 12, 2015
The ‘US Way of War’ from Columbus to Kunduz By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, October 12, 2015
America Has REPEATEDLY Committed War Crimes by Bombing Civilians By Washington's Blog, October 12, 2015
Video and Audio of Pilots Who Bombed Hospital in Afghanistan By David Swanson, October 11, 2015
US Sponsored ISIS Terrorists Establish Foothold in Afghanistan, Extending into Central Asian Heartland By South Front, October 09, 2015
The Double-Speak of American Civilian Humanitarianism By Luciana Bohne, October 08, 2015
US Lies and Excuses for Bombing Hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan By Jonathan Cook, October 07, 2015
When Will US Troops Get out of Afghanistan? Deadline Extended Again: Guess Why? By Russ Baker, October 06, 2015
Washington’s War Crime in Afghanistan By Bill Van Auken, October 06, 2015
Kunduz Hospital Airstrike by US. Washington Admits they Did it. Gravest Violation of International Law. It Was Deliberate, It Wasn’t “Collateral Damage” By Medecins Sans Frontieres, October 06, 2015
Russia Bombs Terrorists, USA Bombs Hospitals By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey, October 05, 2015
Chaos in Kunduz. Military Setback for US-NATO in Afghanistan By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 04, 2015
The Brave, New World of Armed Drones and UAVs. Thank God I Am Not A Child Born Today! By Anthony Bellchambers, October 03, 2015
Barack O’Bomber: US Airstrike Obliterates Hospital in Afghanistan, Casualty Numbers Rising By 21st Century Wire, October 03, 2015
NATO’s Epic Fail: Taliban Retake Major Hub of Kunduz in Afghanistan By 21st Century Wire, October 01, 2015
Obama Deifies American Hegemony. The UN Has Done Nothing to Stop America’s Invasions and Bombings By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, September 29, 2015
Extensive Heroin Use in US. The Real Afghanistan Surge is in Opium Production By Dr. Meryl Nass, September 16, 2015
“Osamagate”. The History of America’s “War on Terrorism” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, September 15, 2015
America to Wage War for USSR Inheritance. The 2001 US-NATO Invasion of Afghanistan By Anatoli Baranov, September 13, 2015
In the Wake of 9/11: Did George W. Bush have a Grasp of Key Foreign Policy Issues? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, September 10, 2015
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Who is Protecting the Drug Trade? Afghan Officials Blame NATO after Eleven anti-Drug Police Officers Killed in Airstrike By RT, September 09, 2015
Afghan Opium Harvesting Protected by British Occupation Forces By Anthony Heaford, August 23, 2015
ISIS in Afghanistan: Proxy War against Iran and China By Eric Draitser, August 19, 2015
Jimmy Carter’s Legacy. Human Rights in the Abstract versus “Shameful and Indefensible Foreign Policy Positions” By Matt Peppe, August 18, 2015
Afghanistan Map of War, Taliban’s Disunity Hasn’t Made the Group Any Less Lethal By South Front, August 17, 2015
ISIS in Afghanistan: Proxy War against Iran and China By Eric Draitser, August 05, 2015
Multi-Deaths Again, Al Qaeda Leaders “Have Nine Lives”. “Taliban Leader Mullah Omar, the Man of Many Lives and Many Changes” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 30, 2015
The Afghanistan Map Of War By South Front, July 29, 2015
Afghan War Costs American Taxpayers $4 million Per Hour: Study By RT, July 14, 2015
The Council on Foreign Relations Uses Afghan Women’s Rights as an Imperial Propaganda Tool By Julie Lévesque, July 08, 2015
Kiev Forces Shelling of Donesk, ISIS Extends its Presence in Afghanistan By South Front, June 18, 2015
Obama in the Middle East: From Bad to Worse By Jack A. Smith, June 18, 2015
Osama Bin Laden’s Obituary Notice. December 26, 2001 By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, May 12, 2015
Kidnapping and Deporting Civilians to Guantanamo, Providing a Safe-haven to Al Qaeda Fighters By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, May 09, 2015
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire—Afghanistan Reconstruction Edition By Klaus Marre, April 29, 2015
Afghan Mission Accomplished: More Heroin for the World By Jon Rappoport, April 07, 2015
Imagery and Empire: Understanding the Western Fear of Arab and Muslim Terrorists By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, April 06, 2015
British Drone Strikes in Afghanistan by Province. Evidence of War Crimes By Chris Cole, April 02, 2015
Islamophobia in the USA: The Case of The Arabic Language By Sufyan bin Uzayr, March 31, 2015
The Pentagon’s Vendetta against Former Afghanistan Prisoner of War Bowe Bergdahl By Patrick Martin, March 30, 2015
Washington Halts Drawdown of Troops from Afghanistan By Bill Van Auken, March 25, 2015
Australia’s Mission in Afghanistan. The Failings of “Operation Slipper” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, March 25, 2015
US-trained Afghan Security Forces Committing “Systematic” Torture and Extra-legal Killings By Thomas Gaist, March 04, 2015
US Slaughter in Afghanistan Rages On By Bill Van Auken, February 24, 2015
US Expands “Secret War” in Afghanistan By Thomas Gaist, February 23, 2015
Countering NATO Propaganda on Russia: NATO Intervention in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Libya, Ukraine By Vladimir Kozin, February 08, 2015
Classified: US Military Imposes ‘Startling’ Blackout on Key Details of War in Afghanistan By Sarah Lazare, January 31, 2015
The Jihad: A Creation and Instrument of US Foreign Policy: Zbigniew Brzezinski talking to the Mujahedeen By Global Research News, January 10, 2015
Adding More Proof ‘War Is Over’ Is a Myth, NATO Commander Warns of Inevitable Deaths to Come By Sarah Lazare, January 10, 2015
Drone Guidelines to Protect Civilians Do Not Apply to Afghanistan: White House Official By Sarah Lazare, January 09, 2015
Opium Cultivation Hits Record High in Afghanistan By Global Research News, January 07, 2015
US-Trained Afghan Army Behind Deadly Attack on Wedding Party By Andrea Germanos, January 03, 2015
The Continuing US War in Afghanistan By Bill Van Auken, December 30, 2014
New Snowden Documents Reveal Wider Net of NATO ‘Kill List’ Targets By Andrea Germanos, December 30, 2014
US Raises Troop Deployment in Afghanistan by 1,000 By Bill Van Auken, December 10, 2014
Afghan Regime hit by Wave of Taliban Attacks By Patrick Martin, December 01, 2014
War on the Down-Low: Obama’s Afghan Lies By Glen Ford, November 28, 2014
Eight Thousand Afghan Civilian Casualties Reported in US-led War in 2014: UN By Press TV, November 26, 2014
Obama Authorizes Wider War in Afghanistan By Patrick Martin, November 24, 2014
Obama Extends War in Afghanistan By Kathy Kelly, November 23, 2014
NATO’s Fake “Non-Combat Mission” in Afghanistan By Kathy Kelly, November 20, 2014
The Long Withdrawal: The Defeated Leave Afghanistan By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 29, 2014
The Growth of Opium Trade in Afghanistan is a Direct Result of US Invasion By Prof. James Petras, October 22, 2014
After 13 Years, it’s Time to End the Endless War in Afghanistan By Sarah Lazare, October 08, 2014
“US Foreign Policy Triggers the Disintegration of Civil Society, Relying on War Increases Terrorism” By Veterans for Peace, October 03, 2014